Wire holder and insulator.



C. S. FRENCH.

i WIRE HQLDER AND |NsuLATOR. E

Patented Jan. 18,A 1916.

" vlll MMM UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. CLAEKsoN s. FRENCH, oE- SALEM, OHIO.'

wIEE` HOLDERL AND INsULA'roR.

l Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Jan. 1S, 1916. Application 'med september 5, 191e. seriaiNo. 718,610. p v

To all whom t may concern.' seen that the wireis held in an arc inszide 0f Be it lmown that I, CLARKSON S. FRENCH, the insulator thus causing it to be tightly a citizen of the United States, residing at gripped. As thewire lies in the enlarged Salem', in the county of Columbiana and portion 6 of the slot and as the slot is in- State of Ohio, have invented a certain new clined away from the center of the outer and useful Wire Holder and Insulator, of member l the wire is held firmly in place and which the following is a specification. there is no chance of its working its way My invention relates to improvements in out of the slots 5. A flange 7 is provided wire holders and insulators and has for its aroundeach ofthe slots 5 so that water objectto provide an improved wire holder dropping upon the flange will be carried and insulator in which it is not necesary to down land will drip olf of the lower extremwrap the wire around the insulator and in ity of the member 1 and not pass into the which the tying of the yvire to the insulator slots 5. 1 is unnecessary. In order to clamp the wire upon my wire A further object is toprovide a wire holder and insulator, the wire is first laid holder and insulator in which the wire is against one side of the groove 3 inthe memmores quickly and tightly clamped in posi ber2. The outer member'l is then fixed tion than by the ordinary construction. down over the top of themember "2, the slots These objects, together with other objects 5 engaging the Lwire 4 and as said member 1 readily apparent to those skilled in the art is brought into place the wire will assume I attain'by the construction illustrated in the position shown in Fig. 4'. the accompanying drawings, although m\ The insulator is made of any suitable ininvention may be embodied in a variety o sulating material preferably porcelain. other mechanical forms; the construction I, claimy l illustrated being chosen by way of example. 'v In a wire holder and insulator, the com- Figure l of the drawings is a vertical secbination of outer and inner members, said tion partly in elevation of my improved vwireouter member formed hollow and adapted holder and insulator. Fig. 2 is a side elevato .t over and upon the inner member, said tion of the same. Fig. Bis a front elevation inner 4member provided with an annular of the same with parts broken away to show groove and said outer member provided with the wire. Fig. 4 is a section on line 1 -4, slots, said slots being inclined toward each Fig. 8. other -attheir' lower extremities, the upper Similar numerals of reference indicate' ends of said slots terminating in wire recorresponding parts throughout theK several taining recesses disposed toward each other,

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'The insulator comprises the outer hollow member l, adapted to fit over the inner mema straight line drawn through both of said ber as shown in Fig. 1. The member 2 is. recesses would intersect the periphery of the ,said recesses being so locatedwith relationl to the periphery of the annular groove that provided yvith a groove -3 to accommodate annular groove at apoint adjacent each of the wire 4' andlis substantially the same in the recesses.

form as the ordinary insulator now in use. The outer membervl is provided upon either 'side with an inclined slot 5 .having the enlarged portion 6 at its upper extremity. As shown win Fig. et the wire passes through one of the slots 5 around the groove 3 and through the other slot 5. ,It will thus be In testimony that I claim the above, I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

CLARKSON S. FRENCH.

. Witnesses: I

C. F. SMITH, MARGARET C. MGARTOR. 

